Railway-car.



PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

W. T. VAN BORN. RAILWAY GAR.

ou'xo No. 835,170. PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906 W. T. VAN BORN. RAILWAY GAR.

APPLUATION FLED MAY 2,1906.

b SHEETS-SHEET 2.

PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

W. T. VAN DOEN. RAILWAY GAR.

PPLIOATIDN FILED 11m12.190s.

5 SHEETS-SHEET 3 No. 835.170. PATENTED NOV. 6, 1906.

` W. T. VAN BURN.

RAILWAY GAR.

AYPLITION FILED MAYlZ, 1906.

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W. T. VAN DORN. RAILWAY GAR.

APPLIO RTICIN FILED MAY 12 1906A b SHEETS-SHEET frame for the carsl Irailway-cars, and more WILLIAM T. VAN BORN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

RAILWAY-CAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 6, 1906.

Application Bled May 12, 190B. Serial No. 816.478.

To r11/ whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM T. VAN- DORN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inRailway-Cars; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the Ietters of reference marked thereon,which form a plart of this specification.

his invention relates to improvements in particularly to railway-carsconstructed of metal, such as steel.

Heretofor'e railway-cars have been constructed either of wood or partlyof wood and partly of steel, known as the composite construction, orwholly of steel, as is the case with many kinds of flat or gondola carsand dumping-cars; but the ordinary boxcar or passenger-cars are stillconstructed almost wholly of wood, except, perhaps, the under- Theseconstructions in which wood is wholly or largely used have resulted infrightful accidents, owing to the burning of wrecks before thepassengers. or

' train-crew can be extricated, and aside from the loss of life andproperty thus occasioned and thel suffering entailed, owing to thestructural' weakness of such construction, have resulted4 in largeannual expense. for

reconstruction and maintenance each year.

The increased weight of rolling-stock h as not been adequately met byincreased strength in car construction, and in consequence the ordinaryuse of cars soon wears them ont and breaks them up.

It is particularly noticeable upon visiting` a railroad-yard that theends of cars, however constructed, are subjected to the greateststrcsscs and receive the greatest damage, and it is rare to inspect alarge number of cars without iindinpr a considerable percentage with thcends and corners either broken away entirely or badly shattered anddamaged..

lith this in view the object of lny'invcntion is to provide a carVadapted for use` for passenger, freight, mail, bagr 1rage, or eX ressuse constructed wholly o steel an to strengthen and reinforce the samein suc manner as to afford great strength at the points ofgreateststress and shock--namely, at the ondstherebyobviating eighty percent. of the rcpairso'thcrwise necessary.

It is a further object. of my invention to afford a construction inwhich the sides are constructed of plates of any suitable width and someof which have a length equal to the total height of the side of the carand extend downwardly and are riveted beneath and to the side sills.

It is a further object of my invention to construct a car each' plate ofthe roof of which exends entircl across the car, af fording the arch fort ic roof, and is iangcd downwardly on the side plate and rivetedthereto.

It is also an object of the invention to afford an exceptionally stronginterior metallic body-frame for the car, increasing enormously thestrength of the saaie.

It is the purpose of my invention to so construct the car and inclose itfor any purpose as to render the same practically indestructible, andwhile afordingr a relatively light car to so arrange and construct theinner carframe members as to afford a maximum amount of space within thecar.

The invention embraces many novel features, and consists in the mattershereinafter described, and more fully pointed out and defined in theappended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 tion, partly in longitudinal section, of a carembodying my invention, showing` the same constructed as a box-car. Fig.2 is an enlarged end elevation of thc car-body. Fig. 3 is a transversesection thereof. Figffl is a central vertical section of one of the carends. Fig is a transverse section of the same,

. D showing the end provided with a central 1s a fragnnmtary face hingeddoor, Fig. (i view of the same Fig. a fragmentar)Y view, in sideelevation, showing thc side of the car provided with reinforcing andstillening corrugations similar to the ends of the car. Fig. 8 is avertical section taken on line 8 8 ol' Fig` 7. Fig. 9 is an enlargedtransverse seei m illustrating the joint bctwcen adjacent plates and theinner reinforc ing-ribs of thc frame members. Fig. 10 is an enlargedfragmentary detail of one of the joints of the inner truss-frame- Fig.v11 ,is a fragmentary top plan view showing.; the con rugated roof. Hg.12 is a transverse section of the same.` Fig. 13 is a longitudinalsection thereof.

As shown in the drawings, the underl'rame` of the car comprisespressed-steel inwmlly is a side eleva- IOC- I Sach corrugations may beprovided.

facing channels A, affording the side sills and I-beam center sills A.The end sills a` may be constructed as channels, if desired. Thetransverse sills o intcrniediatc the end sills a, are of pressed steeland comprise transverse sections sha ed to lit into the channel of' theside sills an between the flanges and against the webs of the ccntcrsills and, as shown, adapted to be rigidly secured in place, withsuitable filling-sections a2 between the I- beam-center sllls, by meansof rivets or bolts.

`Metal plates B, preferably of a width a proximately an exact divisor oflength of tE oar, Met-ian ed `at the bottom to engage be- 'neath thesirc sills and are riveted u wardly through the lower flanges thereof anare of-a length to extend to the roof of the car. Said platesB overlap.and areY riveted to each adjacent late. Should windows or doonopeningsrequired in the side walls, the same may bei provided by cutting away ofa plate orfplates or by the omission or part omission of one or moreplates between the top of the side sill and the car-top. The ends Vofthe car ,are similarly secured beneath the end sills, andes-ch of .saidends comprises a single plate of pressed metal of the requisitethickness-and size to afford the entire end. of the car and is Ranged atthe ed es to extend beneath the eudsill and exten within the side platesand the top of the car. Said ends are pressed outwardly at the center toafford concentric corrugations in builseye form, which project outwardly.and the outermost corrugationor rib of which coincides ap roximatel yorasnear as may be with the sides, to i, and bottoni of each end plate,as shown in `igs. 3 and 4; Said corrugwtion, as shown, provides anoutwardly iressed convex center of the buli's-eye c an( concentricrounded ridges of progressively less projection, (indicated by c2c es)and obviously any desired number of Each of said ribs or corrugationsbraces the adjacent ortion of the plate. In conse uence the p` te whenformed presents, in e eet, a trussed or bracing construction, and topress Said corrugations inwardly would necessitate i Spreading theentire end of the car. Should it be desired, a central door C2 ina he`provided in each oi' said end plates, as indicated in the end plate C",and comprises the lirst two cornigations. Said door, as shown, ishinged, but may bc otherwise Secured to the plate, and when engaged inplace is of' such strength as to resist all blows or impacts likely tohe delivered thereto. Tliebottoi-n or floor of the car comprisesrnetallicplates I), which are ol' a length to cxtendtransversely of thecar Land alord flanges at each end thereof for riveting to the sideplates. If desired, said plates may be covered with-an.

suitable fireproof composition or wood particularly in the case ofexpress, baggage, or mail cars, though, of course, a wooden fioor is notnecessary.

The top of the car comprises plates [C of a length to extendtransversely 'for the entire width of the car and to flange down overthe side plates, as shown in Fig. 3. Said plates are riveted to the uper ends of the side plates for the entire ength of the car and ,overlapeach other at the seam, as do the side riveted through its flanges intothe middle of the top or roof, and the web projects downwardly. On eachside of the same and interrnediate said ridge and the side walls of thecar are angles f, the webs of which project downwardly. Extendingperipherally around the interior of the car at each seam or joint fromthe fioor upwardly along the side and around the roof and down on theopposite side are bars or Uirths G, which, asshown in Fi 9, are anglearsprovided with laterall yf-directed anges g, lying in substantially thesaine plane and through which, as shown, the same are riveted to theside and top plates. The flanges g'being riveted to adjacent plates theyadd enormously to the strength of the construction. As shown also, saidbars or girthsare bent downwardly to pass beneath and bear upwardlyagainst the webs of said angle-bars fand the T-bar F without euttingVandthus brace `and support the roof. Braces or truss-hars G', constructedol angle-bars similar to the angle-bars G and likewise provided withlaterally-directed flanges g, are cut at their ends to fit to saidvertical angle-bars and extend ohliquely across and are riveted to eachof -the side plates, extending from the bottom of one of said verticalbars G to the top of the ad jacent. i

Each of the ends in which a door is not provided is braced. by atransverse channel- )cani H of pressed steel shaped to fit the ends ofthe car, as shown in Figs. 3 and `4, .and which is rigidl securedthereto by riveting or in any suita le manner. Bearing against the sameare upri ht channels or hans `whielri extend from the oor tothe roof.othe car and bear against said bar H and against the end plate andserveto rigidly brace theontire end. `Of course ifa door -is providedthrough the end at its center, as 4shown in Secured on said roof is theusual cen,

5 and 6, two of said bars H will be used, one above a'nd the other belowthe center. In the construction shown in Figs. 7 and 8 side lates B' ofthe car are likewise provide with concentric corrugations of bullseye.These may be arranged in any desired manner and number in the plate,though, owing to the plates being narrower and the desirability ofmaintaining the uniformity of width of the car, the bulls-eye fircorrugae tions are relativel small in diameter, and sev,- eral arearrange closel upon each plate.

The operation is as fo lows: The sides bein rigidly r1veted to thechanneled side sills an rigidly secured to the floor-plates are eX-ceedingl .strong along the iloor of the car. These p atcs being made ofsuiiicient gage and each of thc scams or joints being reinforced by theangle-bars G and the bracing members G and braced by the roof,whichflanges down over the same, it follows that even though the car be madeentirely of plain sheets enormous strength in roportion to weight wouldbe secured. owever, by forming in the ends and possibly in the sidescncentric corrugatons pressed from the plate said corrugatlons, as 1swell known,

enormously stillen the plate and add enormously to the strength of thesame to resist impact, and this increase in strength or resistin poweris provided at the ends of the car w 1ere, as is well known, impact ismost severe. As shown, the roof EZ is also formed ofplates which haveressed ccrrugations therein on each side ci)l the running-board, This isof course of great value in stifening the construction and enables alight but very strong roof to be made. y

In the construction shown it is obvious that though the weight of thecar end plate is proportionately not greater than the weight of the sideplates its power to resist impact without deformation very greatlyexceeds the resisting power of the side plate `emplo ed.

I'f desired, such endswmay be provi ed in existing wooden-car-bodies,thus greatly increasing' the strength of the construction.

While I have shown in thc drawings an ordinary freight-car constructedin accordance with my invention, as clearly herein indicated, I do notpur ose limiting this application to any particullir type of car, as itis obviously adaptable for passenger., mail, and express services, wellas for freight and bag gage; use, and obviously when so used necessarycar-openings may bc provided where deaired, and of course a wooden {looris in no sense necessary and may be dispensed with, in which event nomaterial of a combustible nature enters into the s1Y ructuro of thc car.

Obviously any suit able metal may be used and details of constructionmay be varied without departing from the principles of my invention` Iclaim as mv invention- 1. A metallic car-body provided with pressedstcelmetallic ends projecting outwardly at the center and corrugatedconcentrically.

2. A. ci r-body of thc class described whorein one or more of the metalplates forming the same is provided with concentric out wardly-prcsscdcorrugations.

A car-body of the class described coniprising plates riveted together toafford the side an( end walls some of said plates being corrugated inconcentric outwardly-pressed corrugations.

4. A metallic car-body, the ends of which are provided withoutwardly-pressed concent'ric corrugations.

5. A metallic oar-body comprisil f overlapping side and end plates someo which are corrugated concentrically.

6. A car-body of the class described comprising overlapping end and sideplates riveted together, a metallic reinforcement covering the joint andriveted to each plate at each joint, one or more of said plates beingcorrugated and pressed outwardly at the cor rugation said corru ationsincreasing in size toward the center o the plate.

7. In a dar of the class described, a metal end, pressed outwardly atthe center in con centric corrhgations.

8. In a car of the class described, pressedsteel ends, `flanged toengage within the side and roof plates and to the sill andoutwardlyressed concentric corrugations therein, reinlorcin andstiflening said ends.

9. n a car of the class described corrugated pressed-)stcel endsatl'ording outwardlypressed oorrugations of a bulls-eye form.

10.7A, car of the class described provided with pressed-steel endsaffording outwardlypressed concentric corrugations bracing the end ofthe car and a door at the center of the bulls-eve,

11 In a pressed-steel-car construction thc combination with channeledinwardly-facing side sills, of side walls comprising overlapped platesof steel riveted along the joints and riveted to the lowerV flange ofthc channel, side sills, a floor of sheet metal within the car flangedand riveted to the opposite side plates of the car.

l2. ln a pressed-steel-car construction the combination with channeledinwardly-1" acing side sills, of side walls comprising overlapped platesof steel riveted along the joints and riveted to the lower flange of thechannel, side sills, a floor of sheet metal within the car flan ed andriveted to the opposite side plates of t e car and a roof comprisingtrai'isvcrse roof-plates of a length to flange down, over and rivet tothe corresponding side plates and arched to afford the pitch of theroof:

13, ln a presscd-stecl-car construction the combination with channeledinwardly-faring IOC side sills, of side Walls .comprising overlappedplates of steel riveted alol the joints and riveted tothe lower flange othe channel side sills, a floor of sheet metal within the car lian edand riveted to the opposite side plates of t e car `and a roofcomprising transverse roof-plates of a length to flange down over andrivet to the correspondin I side plates and arched to afford .the pitcho the roof and a central longitudinal rib of structural metal supportingthe center of the roof.

14. 4In a pressed-steel-car construction Ithe combination with channeledinwardly-facing side sills7 of side walls comprising overlapped platesof steel riveted along the 'oints and riveted to and beneath the lowerange of the channel side sills, a floor of sheet metal within the carflanged and lriveted -to the opposite side plate of the car, aroofcomprising transverse roof-plates rof a length to flange down over andrivet to the corresponding side plates and arched to aiiord the pitch tothe roof, a central longitudinal ridge of structural metal supportingthe center of the roof, and reinforcing structural bars riveted toadjacent plates and extending peripherally around the interior of thecar at each seam or joint.

15. In a pressed-steel-car construction the combination with channeledinwardly-facing side sills, of side walls comprising overlapped platesof steel riveted alon the joint and riveted to the lower flange o thechannel side sills, a floor of sheet metal Within the car flanged andriveted to the opposite side plate of the car, a roof comprisingtransverse roofplates of a length to flange ydown over and rivet to theside plates and archc'l to afford the pitch of the roof, a centrallongitudinal ridge of structural metal supporting` the center of theroof and reinforcing structural hars riveted to adjacent -plates toreinforce the same at the joints and extending peripherally around theinterior of the car at each seam and bent to extend beneath thereinforcing and su porting members for thereof.

16. n a pressed-steel-car construction thel combination with steel sidesills, of side walls comprising overlapped plates of steel riveted alongthe joint and riveted to the side sills and a floor of sheet metalWithin the car flanged and riveted to the side plates, a roof comprisingtransverse roof-plates of a length to flange down over and rivet to theside plates and arched to aflord the pitch to the roof, a centrallongitudinal ridge of structural metal supporting the center of the roofand reinforcing structural bars riveted lo adjacent p ates and extendingperipherally around the `interior of the car at ear-b. seein and bent toextend beneath the supporting members of the roof and diagonal trussmembers riveted to the sideplates and extending from the bottoni of onejoint to the top vof the next.

17. A car of the class described embracing a structural metalunderl'rame, plates riveted thereto and to corresponipng roof-plates andprcssed-steel--car ends eac 1 comprising an outwardly-bulging center inbulls-i-.yc forni.

1-8. A car of the class described embracing a structural metalunderfraine, plates rivet-- ed thereto and to corresponding roof-platesand pressed-steel-car ends each comprising an outwardly-bulgingcorrugated portion of' bulls-eye form.

19. A car of the class described embracing a structural metal frame,side plates riveted thereto and to correspondiner roof-jilates andressed-steelcar ends each rhaving a -central indulging corrugatedportion and reinforcing members within the car end acting to strengthenthe same. y

20. A car of the class described embracing channeled pressed-steel sidesills,'sidc plates mutually overlapping each other and flanged to extendbeneath and to rivet to thc lower flange of the sill, bottoni. platesflanged to rivet at their ends to opposite side plates, top platesHanging over the side plates and riveted thereto and reinforcing membersriveted to adjacent side plates and roof-plates and covering the joint,said reinforcing members comprising each an angle-bar flanged at itsedge to engage on cach plate.

2l. A structural-steel and sheet-metal car having in its side and endspressed, concentric corrugations projecting therefrom.

22j. In a car, pressed-steel corrugated ends the corrugations thereofincreasing in. size centrallyr of the same.

In a railway-ear concentrically corrugated end plates ol' metal.

24. In a metallic car, corrugated ends, said corrngations extendingVconcentrically from the middle.

25. ,ln a car, a corrugated metal car end bulging outwardly at itscenter and metallic braces on the inner side thereof.

26. A steel `car having pressed corrugations in the ends, sides and topsaid end corrugations decreasing in size from the center outwardly.

27. A metallic car having corrugated ends and ribbed corrugations oneach side of the roof beyond the running-board.

28. A car of the class described having pressed corrugations in its roofextending from its side to the running-board.

29. In a car of the class described, a bodyframe, side and end Walls ofshe'et metal; flanged and riveted beneath the margins of the frame and aroof flanged over said walls. there being outwardly-pressed concentriccorrugations in said walls decreasing in size from the center outwardly.

30. In a car of the class described, a bodyframe, ,side Walls thereonJ aon th/side walls and outwardly-dis ed end Walls having concentricenrrnsraticns therein.

roof su ported estava 31. In a car of the class described thecombination with a body-fran1e,-of a plurality of sheets of metalriveted beneath the same and extending upwardly therefrom, and eachhaving a plurality of concentric corrugations therein, dished car endsand a roof supported on said sides and ends.

32.- A. car having corrugated, metallic ends, each dished from themargin centrally.

33. A car of the class described, havin corrugated metallic side and endwalls, said end Walls being dished centrally.

34. A car of the class described having structural sills, side )latesengaged thereto and to each other,end plates engaged to'said sill andthe adjacent side lates, said plates having corrugations and ecorrugations of each plate being on a different plane, an openingr insaid end plate, a corrugated con- Vex roof engaged to the sides and endplates, a pluralityl of structural braces for said roof and braces forthe sides of said car each supporting the braces of the roof.

35. A car of the class described having metallic sills of side platesengaged thereto and to each ad'nccnt side plate, end plates engaged tosai sills and the adjacent side plates; said'plates having concentriccorru- `gations, convex corruvatcd top plates engaged to said side andvend plates, interior structural braces for said roof, bracesstrengthening said side and end lates, and supporting the rcobbraces anauxiliary braces for said side braces.

'In testimony whereof' I have hereunto subscribed my naine in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM T. JAN DOEN Witnesses W. W. VVITHENBURY, WM. C. SMi'rn.

